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For Every Music Lover

Aubertine Woodward Moore

Book Overview: 

A series of essays for music lovers, covering many topics. From music appreciation, to violin and symphony, music education, to piano and, in fact, the very origins of music, there is sure to be something for everyone.

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .There are numerous promising schemes for class work in operation in our own country, some of them offering excellent advantages to the student. From the music study in our public schools valuable results ought to come in[Pg 53] time. Thus far, unfortunately, it is too often conducted by teachers who are themselves without trained musical ability and who permit their pupils to shout rather than sing music of an inferior order to the accompaniment of a piano wretchedly out of tune.

The much beloved Phillips Brooks once said: "A school song in the heart of a child will do as much for his character as a fact in his memory, or a principle in his intellect." Unquestionably a love for good music, inspired during the formative period, is calculated to open unlimited possibilities, and ours could readily be molded into a musical nation if a firm foundation for musical knowledge and appreciation were laid in our schools. After the rudiments were mastered, it could easily be. . . Read More

Community Reviews

This was quite a comprehensive overview of many musical subjects. The main chapters are:
the origin and function of music
blunders in music study (of especial interest to me as a teacher)
the musical education that educates
how to interpret music
how to listen to music
the piano and piano players
Chopin (h